comeback

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
noun return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

Deverbal from come back.

There'll be no comeback from Corcoran." — Carl and the Cotton Gin, Sara Ware Bassett
(See 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918.) (H.) *Comeback. — The best short stories of 1919, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
There wasn't any comeback for a thing like this. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, counter

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